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WikiLeaks Cables Reveal Rampant Corruption in Afghanistan
By Theunis Bates - AOL News(Dec. 3) -- Hundreds of diplomatic cables exposed by WikiLeaks have laid bare the rampant corruption that can found at almost every level of Afghan government and society, and highlight America's powerlessness to tackle this epidemic of extortion and embezzlement. Most of the dispatches were sent from the U.S. Embassy in Kabul over the past two years and implicate many members of the country's political elite. An October 2009 cable details an extraordinary incident in which Afghanistan's then first vice president, Ahmed Zia Massoud, landed in Dubai with $52 million in cash. ...
Karzai Admits Intervening for Aide Accused of Bribes, but Says Case Will Proceed
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyPresident Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan acknowledged Sunday that he had "strongly" intervened to secure the release of a top aide who had been arrested in late July for corruption, but he said he had done so because of the way they arrest was carried out and insisted that the case against the aide will continue to be pursued. The aide, Mohammed Zia Salehi, had been arrested based on the work of two U.S.-supported anti-graft units with which Karzai has been at odds. Saleh had been accused of soliciting a bribe to block an investigation into a money exchange operation and of allegedly providing ...
Hamid Karzai Aides Obstructing Corruption Investigations in Afghanistan
By David Sessions - Politics DailyTop aides in President Hamid Karzai's government have repeatedly derailed investigations of politically connected Afghans, The Washington Post reports. U.S. officials said Afghan investigators have been instructed to cross names off case files, keep senior officials from being arrested, and ignore evidence against executives of a major financial firm suspected of helping the country's powerful elite move millions of dollars overseas. U.S. officials have provided Afghanistan with wiretapping technology and other resources to crack down on the fraud and corruption that continues to delegitimize ...
Afghan, U.S. Leaders: War Progress Steady but 'Slow'
By David Wood - Politics DailyAfghanistan's President Karzai and U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal arrived in Washington Monday with sobering news: progress in the war is steady – but slow. In a White House briefing, neither McChrystal nor retired Gen. Karl Eikenberry, now the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, would say whether they believe enough military progress and political reform will take place by next summer to enable U.S. troops to "begin to transfer'' back home from Afghanistan, as President Obama has promised. "Much work lies ahead'' before that can happen, said McChrystal, who commands all U.S. and allied ...
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